WORLD TOP SPORTS: Michael Phelps nice throw

Michael Phelps nice throw

at 16:23

Michael Phelps

Full name Michael Fred Phelps
Nickname(s) The Baltimore Bullet
Nationality United States
Stroke(s) Butterfly, individual medley, freestyle, backstroke
Club North Baltimore Aquatic Club
Date of birth June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) (age 24)
Place of birth Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 200 pounds (91 kg)

Second place: Michael Phelps was beaten by South African Darian Townsend in the 200m

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, Phelps won a total of six medals, 5 golds and one silver. At these Championships, Phelps decided to drop his pet events, the 400 m individual medley and the 200 m butterfly, and experiment with the 400 m freestyle and the 100 m freestyle. However, Phelps didn't make it past the preliminary heats in the 400 m freestyle and finished 18th overall with a time of 3:50.53. Later that day, in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, Phelps won his first gold in the Championships. Two days later, on July 26, Phelps won his second gold in the 200 m freestyle with a new American record time of 1:45.20, finishing ahead of Grant Hackett. Two days later, on July 28, Phelps finished 7th in the 100 m freestyle final. However, later that day, Phelps won his third gold in the 200 m individual medley. On July 29, Phelps, along with Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay and Klete Keller, won the gold in the 4×200 m freestyle relay with a time of 7:06.58. This was the fourth gold medal for Phelps. On July 30, Phelps swam in his last individual event, the 100 m butterfly. In the final, Phelps could not match the speed of Ian Crocker and had to settle for silver finishing 51.65 to 50.40. On July 31, Phelps earned his final gold medal when the United States team won the 4×100 m medley relay.

Phelps's dominance brought comparisons to former swimming great Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals in the 1972 Summer Olympics, a world record. Phelps tied Mark Spitz's record of four gold medals won in individual events. Phelps had the chance to break Spitz's record of seven total gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics by competing in eight swimming events (five of which were individual events): the 200 m freestyle, the 100 m butterfly, the 200 m butterfly, the 200 m individual medley, the 400 m individual medley, the 4×100 m freestyle relay, 4×200 m freestyle relay, and the 4×100 m medley relay. However, his 4×100 m freestyle relay team only won the bronze medal, and he personally placed for bronze in the 200 m freestyle.

He co-founded the "Swim with the Stars" program, along with Ian Crocker and Lenny Krayzelburg, a program which promotes swimming and conducts camps for swimmers of all ages.

The source of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps